retires

Verb

retire (third-person singular simple present retires, present participle retiring, simple past and past participle retired)

1. (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
   • Having made a large fortune, he retired.
2. (intransitive) To stop playing their sport and in competitions a sports player.
   • I have decided to retire from football at the end of the season after the World Cup.
3. (reflexive, sometimes, transitive) To withdraw; to take away.
   • He […] retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...
4. (transitive) To cease use or production of something.
   • The steamship made thousands of trips over several decades before it was retired by the shipping company.
5. (transitive) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.
   • The central bank retired those notes five years ago.
6. (transitive) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.
   • The board retired the old major.

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